Journey to the Heart
Sample Itinerary
Below is an actual itinerary from a past trip. This is meant to be a sample, as our itineraries are never duplicated.
Day 1
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5:50 pm Arrive Tel Aviv
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private bus to Ecce Homo Convent, Muslim Quarter, Old City of Jerusalem
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dinner and opening circle
Day 2
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Old City walk – holy sites in Christian, Jewish and Muslim quarters;
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Introductions & Compassionate Listening Training;
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8:00 pm Jewish and Palestinian member, Combatants for Peace
Day 3
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9:00-6:30: Tour Separation Wall and listening session with Israeli activist;
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Wi’am Director, Zoughbi al-Zoughbi, Bethlehem;
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Orit Noked, Israeli Member of Parliament (Knesset);
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evening: group
Day 4
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Yad v’ Shem, Holocaust Museum; lunch and walking in Ein Karem
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Shani Werner, New Profile and Israeli Coalition of Women for Peace;
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evening: group
Day 5
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Hope Flowers School, Al-Khader, West Bank, with Director Ibrahim Issa;
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Roots - Israeli Settlers and West Bank Palestinians in dialogue
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Devorah, Founder of Bat Ayin settlement
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evening: group
Day 6
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Visit Bethlehem area-including Church of Nativity
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Listening session with Mayor (Hamas party) in West Bank village, municipality office
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Arrive at Al-Arroub Refugee Camp
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Meeting with heads of Camp and Women’s Committee
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evening: overnight with families in the camp
Day 7​
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Hisham Sharabati, Palestinian journalist and founder, Hebron Defense Committee
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Christian Peacemaker Team
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Tour Abraham’s Tomb/Ibrahimi Mosque
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Beit Haddassah Settlement and Museum honoring Jewish victims of the 1929 massacre in Hebron
Day 8
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Israeli Government Press Officer
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lunch at Kibbutz Tzuba with founders and friends
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Tour John the Baptist’s Cave with Kibbutz guide
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evening: group
Day 9
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Tour destroyed Palestinian villages with Israeli NGO Zochrot (Remembering)
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Palestinian non-violence leader, Sami Awad, Founder, Holy Land Trust
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Tour Walled Off Hotel (Banksy)
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evening: group
Day 10
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Gaza border with Other Voices
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Home visit and dinner hosted by Israeli friends in Tel Aviv
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evening: group
Day 11
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Young Jewish and Palestinian women graduates of the Creativity for Peace Camp in the USA
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Director, New Israel Fund
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free time in Jerusalem
Day 12
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Ramallah
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Bil’in village – witness international demonstration against the Separation Wall
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film screening of “Bil’in, My Beloved” with Israeli director Shai Pollack
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3-6: Home visit and Shabbat observance with Dalia Landau, Founder, Open House (and protagonist in Sandy Tolan’s book “The Lemon Tree”)
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